At long last, Fifa president Gianni Infantino has gone too far. He sought to flog off the World Cup to the Kushner family and private equity. After Uefa proffered a boycott of all upcoming Fifa tournaments, the outcome is simple: the sport’s overlord, a football Jesus in white sneakers, who considered himself a head of state, is facing the beginning of the end. Infantino’s downfall might be steep. On Friday, Carlos Cordeiro, one of his senior advisers and a former banker at Goldman Sachs, resigned. Cordeiro said he had been left in the dark about the plans.

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